aubaine

\o.bɛn\

/\o.bɛn\/ noun

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The verdict

“aubaine” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,537. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,537
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Succession aux biens d’un étranger qui meurt dans un pays où il n’est pas naturalisé, dans l’Ancien Régime.

Corpus desk

Index FR-aubaine · aubaine · French

aubaine · rank #21,537 · 8 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,537
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH attendues

Nearest frequency peer: attendues (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « aubaine »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « aubaine » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

aubaine vs aubin
71% similar
aubaine vs Aubagne
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for aubaine
PropertyValue
Headwordaubaine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\o.bɛn\
Letters7
Frequency rank#21,537
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « aubaine »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.aubainese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « attendues » (#21,536), « Aulnay » (#21,538), « attende » (#21,535). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « aubaine » est au #21,537. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around aubaine (IPA \o.bɛn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,537 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for aubaine, with forms such as "abuaine", "auabine", and "aubaien". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "aubin", "Aubagne", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is aubaine, spelled A-U-B-A-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Succession aux biens d’un étranger qui meurt dans un pays où il n’est pas naturalisé, dans l’Ancien Régime.
  2. 2
    Droit de recueillir cette succession.
  3. 3
    Avantage inespéré qui arrive à quelqu’un.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how aubaine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. À la mort d’un autre Gradis, l’intendant prétendit confisquer les biens du défunt au profit du Trésor, en vertu du droit d’aubaine.
  2. Du reste, l'art. 2 de la loi du 14 juillet 1819 cesserait de recevoir application, s'il existait des traités diplomatiques qui stipulassent, non pas seulement l’abolition du droit d’aubaine, mais encore la successibilité suivant les lois respectives de chaque pays.

This word in other languages

escheat(English)trigo(Español)Glücksfall(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abuaine
  • auabine
  • aubaien
  • aubainne
  • aubanie
  • aubbaine
  • aubiane
  • uabaine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aubaine - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

abuaine2auabine2aubaien2aubainne1aubanie2aubbaine1aubiane2uabaine2
Edit distance from "aubaine"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "aubaine"?
"aubaine" is spelled A-U-B-A-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \o.bɛn\.
What does "aubaine" mean?
As a noun, "aubaine" means: Succession aux biens d’un étranger qui meurt dans un pays où il n’est pas naturalisé, dans l’Ancien Régime.
What words are commonly confused with "aubaine"?
"aubaine" is commonly confused with "aubin", "Aubagne". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "aubaine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aubaine" is \o.bɛn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aubaine" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "aubaine", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

attende#21,535aperçus#21,526affront#21,523brioche#21,552

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Aulnay8 variantsbrand8 variantsBrent8 variantsabusif8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list